Mr. Harrison's Confessions
Encyclopedia
Mr. Harrison’s Confessions is an episodic 1851 long short story or novella
(over 29,000 words) by Elizabeth Gaskell
about a doctor in provincial England. It is notable for being a 'prequel' to her novel Cranford
. With Cranford, The Last Generation in England
and My Lady Ludlow
, it was adapted for TV in 2007 as Cranford.
Novella
A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
(over 29,000 words) by Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson , often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era...
about a doctor in provincial England. It is notable for being a 'prequel' to her novel Cranford
Cranford (novel)
Cranford is one of the better-known novels of the 19th century English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published in 1851 as a serial in the magazine Household Words, which was edited by Charles Dickens.-Plot:...
. With Cranford, The Last Generation in England
The Last Generation in England
The Last Generation in England is a non-fiction article by Elizabeth Gaskell, published in the American Sartain's Union Magazine in July 1849, relating memories of a small country town in the generation prior to her own. As such, it is seen as the real-life background for her novel Cranford...
and My Lady Ludlow
My Lady Ludlow
My Lady Ludlow is a long novella by Elizabeth Gaskell. It appeared in the magazine Household Words in 1858, and was republished in Round the Sofa in 1859, with framing passages added at the start and end.It recounts the daily lives of the widowed Countess of Ludlow of Hanbury and the spinster Miss...
, it was adapted for TV in 2007 as Cranford.